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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FROM THE STAFF Note From The Editor
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Message from the International Trustee
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Updates from the District Staff
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INFORMATION
Fall Rally Announcement
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Meet the K-Family
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A Word From Our Committees
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Your Summer Events
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District Project Announcement
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Articles
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INFORMATION ICON Summation
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ICON Awards
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Major Emphasis Project
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Contact Information
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR What's up, Texas Oklahoma?
It's your girl, Vivian, back at it again with another Tex-O-Key. It has been an amazing 3 months since the term has started and I am impressed with all the great content I have received.
The newsletter participation
rate for May was 16.1%! In the last Tex-O-Key, our goal for May was 15% and I am ecstatic that you guys broke that goal. The newsletter participation rate for June was 15.2%. Unfortunately, we dropped by around 1% from May but that's completely okay. I am pushing you all to reach 20% for the July submission due August 5th, and I expect every month after July to stay above 20%. If you guys recall my caucusing speech, I stated that my goal was 90% for the year. Imagine how cool it would be if we actually got there.Â
If you follow my remind (text @toedit to 81010) or received my update from your LTG, you would know that I have released two YouTube videos on making newsletters! If you have any video requests, please email me and I would be happy to make them. The links to these videos are listed below:
HOW TO GET A 21/21 ON MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS!! (CANVA) HOW TO MAKE YOUR NEWSLETTER LOOK SUPER CUTE ;) Also, I wanted to try something new. Since I have been grading your newsletters, I wanted to reverse it and have you grade mine! I sent out a Google forms a couple of days ago through the Remind app asking for suggestions on the June Tex-O-Key. I incorporated your advice into this edition, and I am now releasing a Google forms for your feedback on this one! I will continue to do so every month now, so that I can get your honest feedback and improve these newsletters. Click the link below to grade!
TEX-O-KEY AUGUST FEEDBACK Since I want to keep it real with you guys, here are the most common suggestions that I received for the June Tex-O-Key! Hopefully you all agree and like this edition more. There is too much information crammed on one page, especially on the officer pages. The emails of the officers should be included where their pictures are. There is WAY too much green.
I'm also working on the Jolly Book of Insight, an all encompassing guide for editors. I'm going to try my best to release this before the end of August. Furthermore, I am having an Editor Training through Zoom (see next page for additional details). Please keep checking my remind messages and asking your LTGs to send updates from the staff so that you will be in the loop when the Editor Training date/time is announced. Yours in Service,
Vivian Thai
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FURTHER UPDATES Inspired by the brilliant ideas of District Secretary Kareena Patel, Lacey, Linden, and I are hosting an Editor & Webmaster Training! The Editor section of the training, from 9:00 to 10:00 AM Central Time, will be hosted by me (Vivian Thai). I will cover the role of an editor, all editor assignments, and tips for fulfilling your responsibility as an editor.
For the Webmaster Training, Lacey Thomas and Linden Patterson will combine their technology expertise to assist you in your webmaster duties. The resources for a webmaster is typically not readily available as the resources for other positions on the board so we are here to help you through any questions you might have.
With this information in mind, please join us! We are super excited for this training and are stoked to see y'alls faces.
Remember to download the Zoom app!
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Cypress Woods Key Club D3N: Based on your experiences, what do you believe is the best way to delegate your time and resources to create the ideal newsletter?
RIDDLE OF In my opinion, the best way to delegate your time and resources into creating the ideal newsletter is to plan. Before I create a newsletter, I create an outline on what I am planning to do. In regards to resources, I like to incorporate elements from other
You can serve it
people! For example, I love including people's articles or having segments that show
but never eat it.
people's opinions on a topic. I find that these elements make a newsletter a lot more
What is it?
interesting! Other more formal resources include the Brand Guide and editor resources on tokeyclub.com. You can use these resources as guidelines. If you need inspiration, search up Key Club newsletters on Issuu! :)
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THE MONTH
INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE UPDATE Hello Texas-Oklahoma District,
My name is Alexis Henry and it is my pleasure to be your new International Trustee. I was elected at this year’s Key Club International Convention in Baltimore, Maryland along with the rest of the 2019-2020 Key Club International Board. For those of you that I had the pleasure of meeting at ICON, I just want to say the support you showed me was inspiring and an example of why I love this organization so much. Since then, I attended LEADcon, which is a conference with all 33 District Governors, 11 International Trustees, and the International President and Vice President. There, we were paired into sister districts, received training on international duties, proposed policy changes, and got to know one another on both a personal and professional level. LEADcon was a great start to the year and showed me just how much work we still have to do.
This year’s goals focus on involvement, growth, an impact. First, I would like to increase the involvement of each district in the international stage of the organzanization. Key Club is going through a lot of changes and I am here to voice the opinions of my districts to the Key Club and Kiwanis International Boards so we can be truly “student led”. This would also include participation with our Preferred Charities and Partners that can be found on the website. I am also here to help each district grow. Not just in membership, but in service hours, DCON and ICON attendance, and so much more. Within the next two months, I will be releasing a Membership Growth and Retention Plan to help clubs in these areas. I hope to be an ally in any way possible to help with DCON and ICON as well as other areas needed. Lastly, we are going to strengthen our impact as an organization. Key Clubbers are responsible for MILLIONS of service hours completed each year and that number is only increasing. I’m not just focused on increasing the hour count, but having more meaningful service. It’s important that we take time to serve the communities we live in, which can mean anything from buying a meal for a homeless citizen, to raising enough money to build a well for those in another country. Whatever the size of the project, I want to make sure we maximize the impact to help as many as possible.
This year as your Trustee, I want to be a resource, ally, leader, and friend. So if you think of anything you would want to talk to me about don’t be shy! My information is down below Yours in Service and Friendship, Alexis Henry 2019-2020 Key Club International Trustee Ohio, Kansas, and Texas-Oklahoma Districts Public Relations Committee Chair
Phone: (813) 297-7663 Email: alexishenry38@gmail.com Instagram: @alexiskhenry
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UPDATES FROM TH Hey T-O! If you don’t already know, my name is Lacey and I’m serving as your District Tech Producer this term. District Board just had our Summer Board meeting to discuss important things regarding our district such as Fall Rally and DCON/LEDC. At the board meeting I released my first resource package and will be releasing my second one at our Winter Board meeting. I plan to assist our committees in making graphics for upcoming events and/or our district and governors projects. If you are your clubs webmaster, make sure you have started on websites because they will be due November 15th and I’m looking forward to seeing all your beautiful websites! Also if you are a new webmaster/editor, or just need advice regarding your position, please join the webmaster/editor zoom call at 9am-10am. The call will be
Lacey Thomas
hosted by your District Editor Vivian Thai, LTG Linden Patterson, and I.
Tech Producer
Don’t ever be afraid to contact me to ask any questions. Summer may be coming to an end but Key Club is just starting!
Hey everyone! I hope you all are having a fantastic summer and making the best of it! We currently voted on our theme for DCON 2020 at our Summer Board meeting and I’m working towards making DCON better than good. We will be releasing the theme at Fall Rally so make sure your eyes and ears are wide open. Have a great rest of your summer and I CAN NOT wait to see you all at District Convention.
Yours in fellowship and service,
Dillion Grisham
Convention Liaison Dillion Grisham
Convention Liaison
Hey everyone! I hope you’re all making the most of the rest of your summer! I’m currently making a fundraising guide to ensure that all clubs have the financial resources they need. This guide will include spirit night locations, event ideas, and items to sell. Club treasurers, please be on the lookout for a presentation regarding the membership update center from your LTG. In addition, the membership committee will soon be releasing
Kareena Patel District Secretary
multiple membership recruitment posters. I will also be working with my
Vivian Thai District Editor
home club to produce a video about updating the MUC. Don’t forget about the YOF Grant application which opens in early September and can help your club fund a service project! I hope these resources help you all make this year better than good, and please don’t hesitate to contact me
Katherine Chao
if you need anything!
District Treasurer Yours in service, Katherine Chao
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HE DISTRICT STAFF What is up TO?
ASHNA PATEL
It’s your District Governor, Ashna Patel. I hope summer is treating y’all
governor
well. To start off this letter, I want to congratulate you all for making my three months as a District Governor better than good. We as a district increased our monthly report submissions as well as newsletter submissions and I hope that we continue to do so throughout the year. As I ran for District Governor, I explained my Governor’s Project, Culture4Caring. My sophomore year, I attended a social where we wrote letters for communities going through hard times, and at that time, I thought to myself how we as Key Clubbers can make a bigger impact in our communities. In my hopes of serving our home, school and communities, I wanted to ensure that our schools included a caring environment. The vision set by students was, “together as students, we will create a culture for caring so that every student feels part of a
Ashna Patel
caring community. This past year, Culture4Caring made an impact in
District Governor
Klein ISD, and this year, I want it to impact all the schools within Texas and Oklahoma.
TOgether in service, Ashna Patel
Hey T-O Key Clubbers! I hope you are enjoying your last few weeks of summer before we start school! I have seen tremendous leaps of improvement in these past few months in monthly reports and club activity. Currently, I am working on the latest edition of the Jolly Book of Wisdom (guide book for club secretaries). This will include step by step information on submitting a monthly report, taking minutes, resources available for secretaries, and more! I should have this edition published on the website by the end of August, so club secretaries, please be on the lookout! I have also made a new reporting tutorial, so please refer to that if you have any questions. There are many resources that have been uploaded to the district website under secretary resources for your use. I have published the finalized points system which is also found under the resources tab. Recently there was an online training held for secretaries, and I had 48 club secretaries attend who got trained over all their duties! As school starts back, continue
Kareena Patel
to submit your monthly reports to me, and if you have any questions or
District Secretary
concerns, please feel free to contact me! I look forward to continuing to serve with you this year, and let’s make this a better than good year!
Yours in service, District Secretary Kareena Patel
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FALL RALLY
HEY HEY HEY! Get ready for Fall Rally, a big get-together between Key Clubbers throughout Texas and Oklahoma to start off the school year. There will be one Fall Rally in Texas and another in Oklahoma. The information for both events are listed below.
TEXAS We are uncertain if there will be a Texas location for Fall Rally this year. We will update you as soon as possible. Stay posted!
OKLAHOMA Date: October 26th, 2019 Location: Frontier City Theme Park Address: 11501 N I- 35 Service Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73131
Approximate Price: $30 Time: Check in at 11:45 to 12:15 Rally at 12:30 to 1:30
" I went to Fall Rally and I helped facilitate it! Fall Rally was one of the best experiences I had during Key Club. Not only did you get to meet people from different clubs but you also learned a lot about what was going on in the District level. Plus, after the meeting, you got to ride amazing rides all day and watch the s start of Fright Fest at Frontier City! This is an amazing opportunity that I think everyone should
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experience!
" I went to Fall Rally! We arrived, got our Tshirts, went to a session and had fun icebreakers and energizers with all the clubs, found out the DCON theme, and then spent the whole rest of the day having a blast with my club on rides. " LTG Kaitlyn Roehr Division 17
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MEET THE K-FAMILY COURTESY OF LTG KAZI RABBE DIVISION 25W
KIWANIS "SERVING THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD" Kiwanis advocates their vision every day by providing opportunities to serve for every member of a community through Service Leadership Programs. Through these opportunities, youth and young adults around the world become competent, capable and compassionate leaders.
AKTION CLUB "WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAS NO DISABILITY" Aktion Club allow adults living with disabilities to develop initiative and leadership skills through hands-on service. These adults return to the community the benefits, help, and caring they have received.
CIRCLE K "LIVE TO SERVE, LOVE TO SERVE" Circle K International (CKI) is the premiere university service organization in the world sponsored by Kiwanis International. With clubs on more than 550 campuses globally, programming is based upon the tenets of service, leadership, and fellowship.
KEY CLUB "CARING-OUR WAY OF LIFE" The oldest and largest service program for high school students, Key Club is a student-led organization which goal is to encourage leadership through helping others.
BUILDERS CLUB "BUILDING LEADERS" Builders Club, designed for middle school students, encourages members to focus their passion and energy on serving others. They learn self-confidence and become tomorrow's leaders through teamwork, goal-setting and action.
K-KIDS "WE BUILD" K-Kids is a student-led community service club for elementary students that teaches members the value of helping others through participation in community service projects and club activities.
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Contests and Awards Committee CHAIR:
LTG
KAITLYN
ROEHR
D17
the most amazing committee consisting of Regional Melissa Greene, District Staff members Ashna Patel, Dillion Grisham, and Kareena Patel, and members Jennifer Nguyen, Morgan Hollingsworth, Rosie Park, and William Storts. Our committee’s job is to make sure the Code for Contests and Awards is up to date and easy for all clubs to utilize and understand, and that all things contest run smoothly at this year’s District Convention. We are in charge of everything from simply revising our Code to checking in, judging organization, and giving out awards for DCON contests. It is a lot of work throughout the year, but very rewarding in Hello T-O! My name is Kaitlyn Roehr and I am the 2019-2020 Contests and Awards Committee Chairwoman. I have
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the end.
Currently, we are working on almost
Over the course of the year, we will
the entirety of the Code of Contests and
be working on any missed Code revisions
Awards. We are proposing many
to go over at WINBO, getting as much
amendments at SUMBO including a new
contest information out to the District
point systems, rubrics, and judging policy.
over social media, and creating an
We have been accomplishing this through
effortless District Convention contest
weekly meetings where we look closely at
check-in. In the past, not all clubs have
five contests at a time to really
been informed on the specifics of contest
understand what needs to be fixed. Some
guidelines and turn-in criteria. Using
contests haven’t changed much, but
social media to clear up past confusion
others can require total reorganization.
will make advisors and clubs more willing
My committee is hoping to establish a
to participate. Our biggest goal is to work
very detailed and revamped Code by the
on the contest registration process until it
end of this year so all of our District’s
is as simple as possible whether it be
clubs and advisors will be ready for
through electronic means, or another
DCON.
innovative idea proposed by our comittee’s members.
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
District Project Committee CHAIR:
LTG
MACY
BOREN
D40E
project for the 2019-2020 school year. Not only that but to make sure that we have Kiwanis involved on our project this year. Kiwanis has spoke at their trainings about how they need Key Club. Key Club also needs Kiwanis, so we agreed that keeping Kiwanis in the loop this year would help build those stronger relationships between the two tiers.
This year we would also like to broaden the guidelines of the District Project award. As soon as Lieutenant Governor Kaitlyn Roehr recovers from her jaw surgery I will be in contact with her My committee and I have been
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about that. Last but not least, we want to
working very hard to come up with the
keep the hype for this year's District
best ways to show how Texas-Oklahoma
Project. This can be maintained by
Key Club serves their home, school and
posting fun graphics to keep our district
community. Our goals for this year are to,
aware, informed, and involved on all
of course, come up with the best district
things regarding the District Project.
What we have been working on this
The project overall will include Key
past month is coming up with ideas for
Clubbers reading to elementary school
the 2019-2020 Texas-Oklahoma Key Club
kids. We planned that the time of day
District Project. We have built on the idea
would be either in the morning or
of the Scholarships for Jose that the
afternoon, (Which ever would work best
District Staff came up with at STAR
for the specific school.) We believe that
Training. We are still unsure how how we
this would be a great opportunity to let
should build on that so I will be seeking
elementary school kids learn about what
help from District Administrator Kenyon
it means to be in Key Club or in their case,
Black and Assistant Administrator Kelly
K-Kids.
Poland. Our last idea that we have come Our next proposal that we came up
up with would be emotional care for
with was a literacy project. We have
either nursing home elderly, or children’s
came up with multiple names for
hospital patients. This project would allow
this project such as “Key Readers”, “T-Op
our Key Clubbers to move out into their
Notch Readers”, and “LITeracy”. The one
community and help those in need. Many
we liked the most was “Project LITeracy.”
need comfort during those times and just
Of course we will let the board decide on
speaking to these people and having
this if, and when the time comes. We plan
someone there to entertain them may just
to incorporate Kiwanis by asking help
bring them that light that they need. We
when it comes to donating books or
talked about making specific care
having what we call “free libraries.” We
packages and Key Clubbers all around
would work together to come up with a
Texas-Oklahoma would pack these and
creative design for this free library so kids
work with Kiwanis to deliver them to these
have more books to chose from.
specific locations.
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Events Public Relations Committee CHAIR:
LTG
SHARLENE
GARCIA
D39S
known as EPR! Event Public Relations is the committee in charge of promoting major events like Fall Rally or DCON. This committee’s members are Macey Boren and Enrique Mata, and the district staff overseeing us is District Editor Vivian Thai and District Tech Producer Lacey Thomas. Also, the Kiwanis that advises this committee is Judy Pomorski and Jaime Viranda.
My first and foremost goal is to stay informed on all the events so I can elaborate that information with my board as well as others and to stay creatively Hello hello!! My name is Sharlene
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educated. Though promoting events is
Garcia and I am the chairwoman of the
easy, keeping information simple and
Event Public Relations Committee, or also
concise creates less confusion. Two major
flaws I typically see in promotion, whether
This way, LTGs this year can provide their
it is for a large or small event is lack of
clubs an audio/visual appeal.
visual appeal and/or direct information. To avoid these mistakes, I stay updated
Though this is my long term goal,
on what grabs the audience’s attention
based on how Fall Rally was perceived, I’ll
and print clear and precise information
do a report on what works and what does
about the topic.
not work. Based on this information, I could use what I’ve learned to find the
Aside from that, I’m currently
best possible way to promote the District
finding ways to promote Fall Rally. This
Convention this year. In addition, the
year, Macy Boren will be in charge of
following Event Public Relations Chair will
stories/highlights to keep the entire T-O
have resources that can guide/advise
updated, and Enrique Mata will also be in
them to help continue Texas-Oklahoma’s
charge of creating promotional flyers for
major events. I hope that this year will be
all clubs to use! This year, I plan to work
better than good!
with District Tech Producer Lacey Thomas to promote Fall Rally!
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
General Public Relations Committee CHAIR:
LTG
KATHERINE
BUI
D2C
conceptual societal construct applies to Key Club. Since this amazing organization started in 1925 in the city of Sacramento, California, this student led organization managed to somehow grow it in over 30 different countries. Although improvements are bound to occur, I will still strive for an even bigger growth in the GPR committee.
With it being summer, people are generally inactive. Fortunately enough, my committee and I had scraped by with ease through the ‘burn out’ phase of many Key Clubbers. The accomplishments my As time progresses, it is inevitable
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committee and I had achieved within the
to become better. It is evident as the
two months of summer is with the
human race continue to progress over
implementation of a timed schedule and
time, civilizations become more innovative
a highlights segment for officer resources.
and modernize with one example being
My committee and I managed to
the development of technology. The same
construct a schedule for the exact time
and date for when a post would go up
to each individual club. As a Key Clubber
whether they be story or post. This helps
before I got in to this position, I had
motivate the committee to get our work
always noticed the isolation with my club
done in a more timely manner to help
as compared to others. We did our own
further the purpose of the district of Texas
thing, volunteered at our own events, and
Oklahoma. In addition to that, we have
never acted as a close knit family. But
also created a highlights segment
ever since my term begins in the
pertaining to each officer role’s resources
beginning of April, I met so many new
and where to find them on the website.
faces and my passion for Key Club had
This will help each officer in Key Club
truly sprouted.
perform their roles to the best of their ability because now they will know the expectations and criteria.
I want other Key Clubbers to have a driven passion for volunteering meanwhile establishing a caring ‘family’. That is why
As for our goals in the next
our overarching goal this year is to have a
upcoming months, we plan on getting
more personal relationship with each Key
everybody aboard the social media boat.
Clubber so that they feel attached to the
First is the involvement of all the LTGs. We
organization which in return motivates
plan to as a committee to have each
them as a member. These are our
lieutenant governor post something for
achievements, set list, and overarching
the highlight reels on the instagram
goals as GPR committee and I will strive
highlights segment. We also plan on
to achieve them this year.
promoting DCON, ICON, and Fall Rally. Each overarching goal is not obtained
Katherine Bui
over night but within my term, I would like to see Key Club have a bigger outreach
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Governor's Project Committee CHAIR:
LTG
ELIE
LAM
D18S
for, and love others. We hope to set a Culture 4 Caring in place so that people maintain a caring mindset long after this Governor’s Project is finished.
One of the things that our committee has accomplished so far is deciding the requirements for the Governor’s Patch award. A big part of Culture 4 Caring is involvement. Unfortunately, sometimes special needs students do not receive enough attention for their accomplishments. In order to help give them the recognition they deserve, we are requiring that clubs Over the next school year, the Gov
participate with Special Olympics for at
Project Committee wants to actually
least two hours every two months. That
create a Culture 4 Caring in every school
can include running the events or just
across T-O. We will accomplish this by
spending time with the athletes.
giving key clubs the resources and opportunities to be able to involve, care
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Another Gov Project requirement is
hosting a Culture Fest. This is an event
school year. Clubs can send pictures of
where all different cultures are brought
their members writing these notes.
together and celebrated through
Instagram challenges will also be the
presentations, cultural dances, foods, etc.
primary way that we promote Culture 4
The culture fest can be for the whole
Caring.
school or just within key club. If it is within key club, fifty percent of the members
Our committee has also reviewed
must participate.We are requiring that
the current submission guidelines for Gov
clubs participate in a service activity with
Patch. We have decided to change the
another K-Family organization at least
submission from a binder to a jotform. We
three times throughout the school year.
want to keep the current categories and
This can help bridge the gap between
percentages the same. However,
generations.
miscellaneous is listed third, so we want to move that to the bottom.Â
The last Gov Patch requirement is completing at least five monthly
So going forward, we will continue to
challenges. We are planning to post a
work on the Instagram monthly challenges
challenge each month on Instagram and
and find more ways for clubs to
clubs can send back or tag us in a picture
participate in Culture 4 Caring.
of them completing the challenge. For example, the August Challenge will be write a nice note to someone you are excited to see at the beginning of the
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Kiwanis and International Relations Committee CHAIR:
LTG
HANNAH
VAUGHT
D40W
slowly stop the decline that is occurring in Kiwanis membership. As a committee we are trying to find ways to make it easier for each district board member and members on the club level to reach out to either their sponsoring Kiwanis, or if their club does not have a sponsoring Kiwanis, then we are trying to make it easier for them to reach out to their Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor in their division.
By allowing each Lieutenant Governor and those on the club level to have access to their local Kiwanis they Currently, Kiwanis and International
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will be able to see that Key Club does not
Relations is working on making it more
stop in high school but they can continue
easily accessible for Key Clubbers to
to serve their home, school, and
reach out to Kiwanis and hopefully help to
community throughout their entire lives in
CKI and Kiwanis. This will hopefully be
level through divisional newsletters,
incentive enough to have each individual
emails, etc..
want to join and flourish within the different organizations. Not only are we
Another goal our committee has
hoping to see an increase in Kiwanis
come up with is having a section each
membership by doing this, we are also
month in our newsletters where our
hoping to see more K-family events occur.
upcoming International Trustee can let
Since we all also here to help break the
each clubber what is going on at the
barrier between the International and
international level and what their job as
club level before International
an International Trustee truly entails. We
Convention, our International Trustee at
felt as if this would be a sort of innovative
the time joined in on a meeting. We asked
way to help bring in more members and
how we could show members on the club
really show how Key Club works at a
level what all goes on at the internationalÂ
higher level.
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Membership Committee CHAIR:
LTG
RAJ
PATEL
D3N
membership over the past few years and it’s imperative that we change this negative trend. The goal given to us by the District Staff this year is 20 thousand members. We currently sit at about 17,500, but this year will be different. The entire committee is ready to work extremely hard to see some positive member growth. Our main goal this year will to reach that positive member growth, which has almost no precedent in the Texas Oklahoma District.
Another goal of ours is to have each LTG charter at least 1 club in their This year, our role as the
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respective division. This year, we are
Membership Committee is extremely
making personal recruitment folders for
important. Unfortunately, Texas-
each LTG that will contain vital
Oklahoma has seen a decline in
recruitment details for them to distribute
to their clubs. We think that recruitment is
For our committee to reach our
not something that is general. Someone
goals, we need to work together as a
who lives in Houston does not have the
district of Key Clubbers, rather than
same experience as someone who lives in
individuals. Members need to tell their
Denton. With that in mind, we realized
friends about the great things we do as a
that one general, stale, and ineffective
part of Key Club International. Officers
recruitment guide is not a plausible
need to push the agenda at a club level
option anymore. to copy or build off of. If
to gain members and retain them. LTGs
they have a template or guideline as to
need to give 100% effort in making sure
what a proper poster looks like, it will be
that their clubs are well informed and
much easier for them to make their own.
prepared to recruit. We need to work in
When clubs feel the initiative to make an
harmony to reach our goals, and that
active effort to recruit, the ENTIRE district
starts with the members of this mighty
will benefit. Recruitment is something that
division.
cannot be general. We must take it upon ourselves to make it our responsibility.
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Regulations, Elections, and Credentials Committee CHAIR:
LTG
KAZI
RABBE
D25W
mostly consisted of finding loopholes/areas of the bylaws that can be revised. One of the main proponents of our committee is finding ways to continually improve the state of our district through the means of proposing amendments. We already have some new amendments and revisions in the works right now, but let’s just say it’s confidential for now!
Another one of the tasks that our committee has been working on is gathering and creating study resources Hi! My name is Kazi Rabbe and I am
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for the Bylaws test which will be given to
the chairman of the Regulations,
all of the District Board Members at our
Elections, and Credentials (REC)
Summer Board meeting! We’ve made a
Committee! So far, our summer has
Quizlet study guide and have sent out
REGULATIONS, ELECTIONS, AND CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
additional resources on important rules
Although this type of thinking may
such as Parliamentary Procedure, or in
seem a bit too deep or even somewhat
other words, Robert’s Rules of Order.
premature, it’s also important for us to realize that everything we do can have
In the past two months (roughly)
long-term benefits or consequences
that I’ve worked with this committee, I feel
which we need to consider at all times. I
that we all share a similar vision for this
feel so honored to be a part of such an
District--to leave an impacting legacy or
amazing committee and I am fully
at least a pedestal for future success
prepared to help find ways to make this
after we’re done. I believe that the REC
District not just better than good, but
Committee is truly unique in that the
more importantly, better than before.
decisions and actions we take within our bylaws can not only affect future years, but they can even influence the District in the coming decades.
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COMMITTEE UPDATE!
Welcoming Committee CHAIR:
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this activity, members of Key Club are able to meet new people using a variety of enjoyable activities. Throughout these past few months, the Welcoming Committee has been finalizing our goals of what we want to accomplish and contemplating both old and new options of the activities that we can have during the Welcoming Activity. Through this event, you truly realize the mass impact that Key Club has.
In return, DCON and the Welcoming Activity are honestly a thank you to those that put in the effort year in and year out. As the first activity of DCON, the
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Therefore, our most significant goal as the
Welcoming Activity builds relationships of
Welcoming Committee is to make the
friendship throughout the hundreds of Key
individuals who come to DCON feel
Clubbers that attend DCON. Throughout
welcome through this first activity. We
want to see people sharing this
Therefore, we are constantly trying
experience with others outside of their
to find new activities that can accomplish
club, enjoying their time, and seeking the
the demands of these respective goals.
discomfort of trying new things and
While we understand that certain
meeting others.
activities have a place in the Welcoming Activity, we as a committee hope to find
Ultimately, these goals allow us to
new and interesting activities that render
acknowledge the fact that we did a good
a whole new possibility of bonding and
job, not only as a committee but as a
experience. We hope you will join us at
member of the Key Club community.
the end of our sanguinely amazing year to
However, keeping this in mind, our
accomplish the given goals and to
committee realizes that this feat can only
celebrate the accomplishments of our Key
be accomplished by working together
Club community. Thank you.
and staying inside of our given budget. Sincerely, The Welcoming Committee
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Klein Cain High School: Key Clubbers
Goose Creek Memorial High School:
Cypress Falls High School: Volunteers
pack medical supplies for Project
Members play with cats from the
keep pets company at an adoption
Cure.
animal shelter.
event.
Here's to YOUR
This page features a couple of incredible service projects and eve
It's definitely inspiring to see Key Clubbers across Texas and O
Mansfield Summit High School: Key
Garland High School: Alina pulls out
Cypress Ranch High School:
Clubbers host a water balloon social!
weeds for the VROC Landscape
Volunteers clean up after the Ault
Project.
Spring Fling.
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Weatherford High School: Ginna
Mansfield Timberview High School:
Mansfield Legacy High School:
serves popcorn during a Kiwanis
Eric demonstrates crafts at Summer
Volunteers help at Feed the Kids in
concession shift.
Art Camp.
Mansfield.
summer events! nts that you all have been participating in throughout the summer.
Oklahoma strive to serve their community, despite the heat.
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Weatherford High School: Ginna
North Garland High School: Volunteers
San Angelo Central High School:
serves popcorn during a Kiwanis
work for the "Feed the Need" program
Volunteers work at West Rehab Texas
concession shift.
through the Hunger Busters Charity.
with special needs children.
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DISTRICT PROJECT: KEY READERS COURTESY OF LTG KASANDRA SCHROEDER DIVISION 8
The Texas-Oklahoma Key Club District Project KEY Readers. We strive to increase students' love for reading as well as support programs that combat illiteracy.
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE DISTRICT PROJECT Shelve books at your local library. Join the library's teen advisory board where teens help plan or volunteer at events. Host a book drive and suggest students bring a used or new book. Stock books at your Kiwanis's Little Library if they have one. If not, suggest building one! Talk to local elementary or middle schools about reading to their students. You can even plan a weekly or biweekly time so that your club can regularly visit the schools. Have a pen-pal relationship with elementary or middle school students where you talk about books! Start a book club. Compile a list of books to read and students can vote on a book to read each week. Encourage students to participate in reading challenges, such as the summer reading challenges at your local library!
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DISTRICT PROJECT CONTINUED The following organizations work to combat illiteracy!
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Books Abroad Book Aid International The Book Bus Everybody Wins! First Book Literacy for Incarcerated Teens Little Free Library LitWorld Living Paintings Milk+Bookies National Center for Families Learning Project Night Night Reading Ahead Reading is Fundamental Room to Read WaterBridge Outreach Women's Prison Book Project World Literacy FOundation Worldreader
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"Giving" Back to Summer MORGAN
ARMOUR
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BROOK
It’s now June and that means the
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Field. At first I thought I would not like it
official start of summer on the calendar
because we were going to be outside
begins! I started off my summer
plus I am not a gardening person.
community service with Giving Field.
However, I actually enjoyed it with the
Giving Field takes place every 2nd
members I was accompanied by! We
Saturday of each month all year round.
started off unrooting and removing some
This is where members help in a
green beans from the steam, then putting
community garden from 8 am to 12 pm to
them in a bucket. We gone through two
do well..gardening! The plants grown here
beds of green beans that weighed 17
are given to local soup kitchens in the
pounds! That is a lot of beans!
Golden Triangle area. Once we finished harvesting the In the 3 years that I have been in Key Club this is my first time doing Giving
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green beans, we tended to the weeds and grass that grew in the two beds plus
plus another one since it needed to be
similar effect to how rain water was, and
tended to as well. This task took a while
it was so cool to see the hose work along
to complete but we did find a little frog in
with getting our feet a little wet but it
one of the beds! The frog was very jumpy
was worth the cool off. After planting and
when someone tried to hold it while I took
watering, we helped moved some flower
the picture. After letting the frog go and
plants from one bed to another under a
removing the weeds, we added more soil
umbrella to shade them.
and fertilized the beds for the next vegetable to grow. Shoveling soil never
My first time doing Giving Field
seemed to be a very clean job nor easy
was a blast! I learned many things about
one.
gardening and how to tend a garden. I highly recommend this service project to We got to plant the three beds with
do especially with friends. Even if you are
a type of lettuce. I never seen such small
not a person who likes to get dirty or do
seeds until I saw the lettuce seeds! They
outside work, Giving Field is a wonderful
were as small as a poppyseed, so
and fun project!
planting these two at a time took longer. Along with planting them, we had to water the soil. The water hose had aÂ
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How Socials Benefit Our Club CASEY
TRUONG
LANGHAM
CREEK
It seems like so many clubs hold
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club’s members by allowing them to
socials throughout the school year. What
participate in fun festivities throughout
is the point of these? They do not ask for
the year.
volunteers to directly assist the disadvantaged, so why should Key Club
It is a running joke in the
participate in such things? Well, there are
organization that Key Club makes keys.
many reasons to host socials. Besides
Although we joke about students’ lack of
providing clubs with the opportunity to
knowledge of our club, it is an important
fundraise and allowing members to earn
issue that our clubs address every year.
easy volunteer hours, any club can truly
How do we attract more attention and
benefit from socials.
more students towards our club? Socials are an effective way to promote our Key
First, socials encourage our Key Club members to participate in club
community. They represent the community
activities. As shown in the picture, we had
and friendliness that comes with joining
an amazing turnout at our Easter social.
Key Club. Bring-a-friend socials are
Our members had so much fun scrambling
especially effective in promoting our club.
for Easter Eggs during our egg hunt. We
Our club is planning to hold many socials
were asked by our members to hold
in the upcoming year where members can
similar socials because this one was so
invite potential Key Club members. In
much fun. Socials like these keep our
short, socials also promote Key Club to
volunteers active in Key Club because it
our school and community.
provides our members with something to look forward to. So, socials benefit our
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Club to our student body and our
Finally, socials benefit our club by bringing together our community. They
other clubs in the community participate in socials.
provide a space for a large group of students who all share a love for service
To conclude, socials provide the
to get together and celebrate their
volunteers and Key Club with so many
changes to the world. Icebreakers,
benefits. It is not only a way to get easy
games, and awards are all ways for
hours or a time to binge on snacks.
members to get to know each other and
Socials encourage members to
support our successes. This is the main
participate, promote the club, and bring
reason why not only our Key Club, but
together the community.
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Saving JASMINE
Hi, my name is Jasmine Nguyen and I am a proud member of Cypress Ridge Key Club. Even though Key Club is one of the best and most organized clubs in Cypress Ridge, I feel like some changes could be made. Now, you might not love what I’m about to say, but I think it will really up the club’s reputation and will benefit the community even more. After all, Key Club is about helping the community. Taking notes from Interact, Key Club should worry about the environment more, and should organize more events that involve cleaning up the Earth, or just keeping our home clean.
Over the past few decades, we have developed a lot, and although our developments have been extremely helpful and have made our lives easier, they are also slowly —well not that slowly—killing the planet. The amount of pollution in our planet has increased by so much that it is almost unbelievable. As more factories are being built, and as countries are developing, air pollution has risen, therefore, leading to global warming. In addition to air pollution. As humans, we have become more wasteful, we use something and once we’re finished with it, we throw it
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away. This has led to Earth becoming a toxic planet and dangerous for the animals inhabiting it.Â
As a club, we can help fix this problem. Even though Cypress Ridge Key Club is just one small group, every bit of help counts. For example, Key Club can participate in Crayola’s marker program and help recycle them. We can do so by collecting old markers at our school and the schools around us, then sending them to Crayola for them to recycle or fix and reuse. As a community, we can really make a change and help make Earth a better home. Key Club could also help out by picking up trash and cleaning up our planet. If other Key Clubs participate, too, we could help make the future a safer environment for our kids, grandkids, and the animals.
In conclusion, I feel that Key Club should become more involved in the environment and help clean it. This way, the people in our community will be able to live and a clean, pollution free environment. I believe that by helping the environment, we can really give a new meaning to Key Club. Not only will we be about community, but we will also represent a safe environment.
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Humans of Texas-Oklahoma (HOTO) TIFFANY
DOAN
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When I stepped foot into my first
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work. However, they are also fun to speak
Key Club meeting during my freshman
to and easy to become friends with. I kept
year, I didn’t know it at the time but my
coming back to meetings because of the
life goal and experience would drastically
people that are in it, and I became close
change. Each year that I have been in this
with multiple of them. They inspire me to
club, there has been different meanings
do good in my life, but they also improve
added to my life: freshman year I would
me as a person. I become more
learn the importance of friendship, and
motivated with coming to volunteering
sophomore year I would learn the
events and find these events enjoyable
importance of leadership. As I
because I am able to help the community
continuously immerse myself in the world
alongside people that I have found a
of Key Club, I quickly realized that I have
connection with.
made the right decision joining on that fateful day.
Friendship is not only limited to those within our school, however, because
To begin understanding the
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Key Club also gave me the opportunity to
experience that Key Club has given me,
see those in other schools as well as the
it’s best to start talking about my first year
people that we were helping. I was able
in this family. Last year was the beginning
to expand my narrow-mindedness and
of my journey in understanding the
understand that the world included many
meaning of friendship. Since middle
people outside of my own school. I spoke
school, I have always been rather shy
with students who don’t have the same
when interacting with other people, but
high school experience as me, but I
Key Club has changed that. In this club,
realized that we were all very similar
everyone is kind and dedicated to their
because of our unity through service.
Additionally, I was able to talk with
vying for a district position, and perhaps
older generations, such as the Kiwanians,
it was me being a bandwagoner, but I
who are much wiser than I am. They’ve
became interested in running as well and
taught me many things, and I hope to
applied as a candidate. When I arrived at
attend more Kiwanis meetings to continue
DCON though, I realized that “wow, these
helping my city. By being a part of Key
people are crazy yet amazing.” Some
Club, I have learned an indispensable
DCON attendees have created non-
lesson about creating deep relationship
profits, organized fundraisers for charity,
with those around me, and this lesson will
and even went beyond the field of
always remain with me.
service. Despite being a little intimidated, I carried through with caucusing, and I
Moving on to my sophomore year, Key
can’t explain it but caucusing reminded
Club caused me to start developing a
me of the lyrics “what doesn’t kill you
habit of going outside of my comfort
makes you stronger” by Kelly Clarkson. I’m
zone. I had gained a sense of security in
glad that I did it, but it was definitely
Key Club from my freshman year, and this
tough! When I came back from DCON, I
helped me run for the role of secretary,
felt stronger and more confident, and I
which I ended up getting with the support
hope that translates when I fully embrace
of my newly-founded friends! During
the role of president next year.
this past year as secretary, I was able to absorb so much material. I attended my
Key Club has become an important
first board meeting ever because this was
aspect in my life because of the
also my first leadership position, and I
opportunities and morals it has given me.
was able to see other leaders in action.
I now understand the depth of friendship
Being on the board has been such an
and leadership through this club, and it
eye-opening experience because it
will always remain in my heart because of
allows me to see the inner workings of a
the message it stands for (“Caring – our
club. However, the most inspiring event
way of life”). The journey is only
that I attended this year was DCON.
beginning, and I know that I’ll continue
Some of my fellow Key Clubbers were
learning new life lessons and I can’t wait.
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LAUREN ROSS IP LTG D40W " This was my second year attending international convention and I have to say it was one of the best experiences I have had on a trip! Convention is filled to the brim with some of the most genuine and amazing people you will ever meet, and I still talk with my friends I made last year even though they are all over the country right now.
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Pin trading is an intense but rewarding experience (ask how many ICON goers traded for a coveted coke bottle or Carolina Key). I think overall, competitors elections, pin trading, and getting to travel somewhere new aside - what makes convention so wonderful is getting to stay with a group of people who not only value key club, but are the best examples of who our future leaders are today right now. They are people leading each other in service to their homes schools and communities and that much brain power in one place can help create some life changing ideas. "
ADDI DUERKSEN IP DISTRICT GOVERNOR " ICON 2019 was the perfect ending to my membership in this organization. All of my favorite parts of this organization took place during our few short days in Baltimore: passionate debates during House of Delegates, celebrating a fantastic year of service, countless memes, forums, and of course, fellowshipping with friends from across the globe. I was so humbled to receive the honor of Distinguished District Governor, and I was so incredibly proud of the past Outstanding Lieutenant Governors that were recognized. Though I’m sad to say that I am officially no longer a Key Clubber, I’m so thankful that I got to spend my last few days in this organization surrounded by my best friends! I won’t forget this convention for a very long time!"
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"ICON was a phenomenal experience! I learned so much at the convention how to conduct service projects around March of Dimes, how to become a better lieutenant governor, and more importantly the art of pin trading. Pin trading is an iconic part of ICON (pun intended hehehe). Our groovy T-O vans were loved this year. People couldn’t keep their hands off of them! Pins just like money have different value depending on the type of pin they are. Some of the best pins I brought home this year are an anchor from the Florida District, an Aruba owl, and a coke bottle from the Georgia District. However, some pins are only high in value because of their hype, not because they are actually an aesthetically pleasing pin. An example of a hyped up pin is the Carolinas’ Key. Aside from pin trading my favorite part of ICON was meeting a plethora of people from all across the country, RaeLyn from Kansas, Maren from Utah, Ryan from Idaho, and the list goes on!
Although ICON was good, the district tour was better than good. The trip to Washington DC blessed me with cultural enlightenment and brought me closer to America as a whole. I walked along the National Mall and thought about how my feet have never before tread upton a place with such historic value. The memorials were breathtakingly massive all I could do was bask in their presence. The World War Two memorial was my favorite, it was an all encompassing curve with a pillar that represented every state. I, of course, got my picture next to the one with “Texas” etched in. In D.C. we had to walk to get everywhere and had many run-ins with the locals. The people we met were neither good, nor bad. They were simply fascinating. We walked along the street with a tycoon and were screamed at by a vagabond. And although I can relay my experience I cannot truly convey how this experience has affected me, nor how my newly acquired
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knowledge will impact the future of my life. Frankly, it was a life changing trip. "
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LORENA FONSECA LTG D1 " I can't even begin to express the feelings I have held since I went to ICON. The reason I was able to go was because of the placement of my club's scrapbook at DCON. I felt going there was a privilege I was granted thanks to my fellow members, as well as our late member who worked very hard on the scrapbook. Going was a way of honoring him and his hard work, and it was very emotional for my
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members and I. Throughout the trip, I made friends with key clubbers from all over the United States as well as some from Jamaica. They were all amazing in their own ways and I feel we'll stay connected through our love of service(as well as Snapchat). Being able to travel outside of Texas for the first time to not only one, but two places was incredible! It was great to get a change of scenery and have my life set at a different pace. There were many more "firsts" for me after that. Through activities, my bond with my club members who got to go as well as with some of my fellow district staff members grew stronger. This trip will forever stay close to my heart and I will never stop being grateful to the ones who made this possible!"
ASHNA PATEL DISTRICT GOVERNOR "Wow! ICON was ICONic. From pin trading with the most passionate pin-traders to meeting so many servant leaders to caucusing some very dedicated Key Clubbers to changing our Key Club pledge for the first time in Key Club history. Not only that but Culture 4 Caring got recognized as 1st place Platinum Division Single Service Project. All these memories and so much more make me realize who I am and why I do what I do. Throughout the weekend, I got to see the Interantional point of view on so many issues. My experience at ICON was tiring yet memorable. Tiring because of attending International Council meetings before opening sessions to attending I-council breakfasts at 6:00 in the morning all the way to presenting forums everyday. And memorable because I got to do all that with the amazing immediate past Texas Oklahoma *Distinguished* District Governor, Addi Duerksen, and Convention Liaison Dillion Grisham. ICON was ICONic, but Texas Oklahoma DCON is something else."
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CONVENTION LIAISON "To say ICON was amazing would be an understatement, it was amazing! When kids say ICON is a one and a lifetime experience, it really is. You meet people from all around and get to hear what they do as a District. We stayed on the harbor in Baltimore so we got to see everything. During ICON we got to trade pins, go to informational forums, and collaborate with others like I said before. After ICON, T-O went to DC to tour and that was breathtaking and very emotional. We got to see the Ford's theatre, White House, Lincoln Memorial and many more. Overall ICON was amazing and something that will stick with me for a lifetime. "
SARAH SPIVEY IP LTG D8 " This early July, a group of Texas-Oklahoma Key Club members and various mentors traveled cross country to represent. When our district cries, whatever it takes, we mean business. Nothing short of this strong motto arrived in Baltimore, Maryland where the International Convention commenced shortly before our nation’s annual celebration of independence. What is Key Club International Convention? An adventure. An experience. An opportunity.Â
While at International Convention, fellow members, mentors, and I traveled around the city in style; we literally traveled nonstop on Lime-type scooters. While my collection of souvenirs from this trip did include several ankle bruises as a result, these scooters unlocked a whole world of adventure. We sped and pedaled through these charming streets full of history, discovering the grave of Edgar Allen Poe and glancing at the world-renowned
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SARAH SPIVEY IP LTG D8 (cont.) the impending threat of curbs everywhere. Key Club ICON unlocked a world where I could step past my comfort boundary and truly be adventurous.
After Baltimore, the group hopped on a train to the glorious Washington, D.C., a world full of wonder, especially as I dream to
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work here soon. This trip allowed me to experience our nation’s wonders, full of museums, monuments, and memorials representing the nation’s achievements which have brought us to this point. From the old gem of the National Museum of Natural History to the new, shiny Spy Museum to the heartwrenching Holocaust Museum, these experiences and more taught us of the wonders of the past to inspire innovation today. I truly appreciate all the places our group enjoyed and cannot wait to return to continue learning. These experiences were even more impactful because I was surrounded with people who shared my passion for service, for our conversations largely revolved around ideas to contribute growth to the people around us as inspired by what we were learning in the moment. Memories with Key Club like these last a lifetime.
Back at ICON, T-O met new, interesting people from around the world, many from Bahamas and Jamaica. They were such incredible individuals; we share so much more in common than our cultural or geographical differences may suggest, most significantly our passions for service and community. International Convention opened the opportunity to learn more about others, an important concept when creating a culture of inclusiveness in our communities.
I am grateful for each adventure, experience, and opportunity that this trip, our district, and Key Club International enables for my peers and me during this lifechanging week. ICON allows members from all backgrounds to do new things, see new places, and meet new people. Consider this amazing event that will broaden your perspective, take you to new places, and deepen your passion for service. "
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Just like every other year, Texas Oklahoma showed up and showed off! Here are the awards that we received:
DISTINGUISHED CLUBS Cypress Ranch Key Club Lawton Key Club McKinney North Key Club Weatherford Key Club
SINGLE SERVICE AWARDS Bronze: San Angelo Central Key Club - 3rd place Gold: Mansfield Summit Key Club - 2nd place Platinum: Klein Collins Key Club - 1st place
DIAMOND CLUBS Jenks Key Club MacArthur Key Club West Brooks Key Club
DISTINGUISHED STAFF Addi Duersen - Governor Addie Flores - Treasurer
OUTSTANDING LTGs Madison Green Kareena Patel Brianna Dao Sarah Spivey Kaitlyn Roehr Maisha Ahmed
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ORATORY Lauren Ross - 1st place
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PARTNERS
Thirst Project hopes to educate the next generation by arming students with information about how they can be a part of social change, make a difference and encourage others to join in the effort.
Landscape Structures (LSI) has joined Kiwanis International as a vision partner to bring play to communities across the globe. LSI is proud to provide high-quality commercial playground equipment and planning consultation services that reflect the high degree of integrity that Kiwanis clubs expect.
Nickelodeon currently presents two major campaigns each year that encourage action in kids globally. Worldwide Day of Play reinforces Nickelodeon’s mission to make the world a more playful place by leading active, playful events across the country. Nickelodeon’s Get Dirty campaign seeks to educate kids, families and teachers about what they can do to help protect the planet in fun, mindful ways.
The U.S. Army empowers tomorrow’s leaders by offering advanced schooling for today’s top careers. Not only that, programs like the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and March2Success.com allow students to go to college debt free and excel in the classroom with helpful academic resources.
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PARTNERS
Up with People strives to develop a sense of social responsibility in their Thirst Project hopes to educate the next generation by arming participants through hands on community service. Service projects are students with information about how they can be a part of integrated into each city visited during the semester. By volunteering to social change, make a difference and encourage others to meet the specific needs of each community, participants develop insight join in the effort. into how different cultures address social and political challenges.
Squads Abroad is a program of Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS), the world's leading expert in international volunteering. Since 1995, CCS has empowered more than 35,000 volunteers to improve child health and educational outcomes around the world.
currently presents two major campaigns each year that Kiwanis Gives Online is powered Nickelodeon by Access Development, a teamencourage action in kids globally. Worldwide Day of Play reinforces friendly crowdfunding platform just for Key Club. It specializes in helping Nickelodeon’s mission to make the world a more playful place by your club achieve its fundraising goals through a convenient turnkey, active, playful events across the country. Nickelodeon’s Get online fundraising service. Kiwanis leading Gives Online not only creates and Dirty campaign to educate kids, families and teachers about manages your entire campaign(s), but also provides seeks a reward to anyone what they can do to help protect the planet in fun, mindful ways. making a donation.
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PREFERRED CHARITIES & COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS Members work together by sponsoring fundraising events and conducting service projects at their local children's hospitals. Contact your local CMN hospital and invite a representative to a club meeting to share ideas and create a partnership.
Since the 1940s, Key Clubs have worked with March of Dimes to make a positive impact in the lives of babies everywhere. Today, Kiwanis members continue that culture of service by supporting the March of Dimes all year long by hosting service projects, raising funds and educating communities about the crisis of preterm birth.
UNICEF is the only organization of the United Nations dedicated exclusively to children. Working with other United Nations bodies, governments and non-governmental organizations, UNICEF helps to provide for children’s needs in more than 150 developing countries through community-based services in primary health care, basic education and safe water and sanitation.
K Corps is Kiwanis International’s youth exchange program for Key Clubbers. It’s a great opportunity to experience a unique culture, provide service, make lifelong friends, and see spectacular sights half a world away! Participants are hosted by Japanese families, and scholarship opportunities are available.
Project Happiness inspires and empowers club members to create greater happiness within themselves and their communities addressing the bullying issue at its core. The Key Club Guide to Project Happiness shares exercises, discussions, games and tools based on Neuroscience, Positive Psychology and Mindfulness to re-wire the brain for happiness. Why does happiness matter? Happier people enjoy life.
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CONTACTS DISTRICT
DISTRICT
GOVERNOR
SECRETARY
Ashna
Patel
Kareena
Patel
governor@tokeyclub.com
secretary@tokeyclub.com
DISTRICT
DISTRICT
TREASURER
EDITOR
Katherine
Chao
Vivian
Thai
treasurer@tokeyclub.com
editor@tokeyclub.com
CONVENTION
TECH
LIAISON
PRODUCER
Dillion
Grisham
Lacey
cl@tokeyclub.com
T-O DISTRICT
INTERNATIONAL
tokeyclub.com
keyclub.org
Texas-Oklahoma Key Club District
Thomas
techassistant@tokeyclub.com
Key Club International
@tokeyclub
@keyclubint
@tokeyclub
@keyclub
@tokeyclub
@keyclubint
ADMINISTRATORS Administrator Kenyon Black - Administrator@tokeyclub.com Assistant Administrator (Finances) Ryan Edmoundson - AAFinance@tokeyclub.com Assistant Administrator (District Events) Kelly Poland - AAEvents@tokeyclub.com
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